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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 28

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Aug 21Aug 28Sep 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 48▼ 9 vs year ago 46 · −19.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 22▼ 19 vs year ago 31 · −61.3%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average Baby calves 250.00

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $213.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −171.29 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$213.00

7 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$35.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	233.00	1,270	3thin
Medium 1	546	197.99	1,081	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.01/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

213.00

—

NC average9 barns · 235 hd

211.65

+1.35

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−171.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.84, low $322.91, median $384.28 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,160	150.00	3,240	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	131.00	1,798	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	124.27	1,421	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	735	102.50	753	2thin

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	375	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	731	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 2	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,227	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	555	225.54/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,252	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	718	178.10/cwt	168.00–188.00	1,279	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,402	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	723	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium 1	275	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	674	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	884	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	264.53/cwt	262.00–267.00	966	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	996	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	490	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	941	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	510	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,040	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,271	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	558	195.99/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,094	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,258	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	625	213.16/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,332	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,487	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	690	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,463	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,160	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	3,240	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	610	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	458	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,118	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,432	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	122.98/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,418	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,245	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,830	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,725	1

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Aug 28, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 48Year ago 46

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 22Year ago 31

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average Baby calves 250.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	295.00	295.00
1	300–350	340	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	365	262.00–267.00	264.53
2	400–450	433	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	525	242.00	242.00
1	550–600	585	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	670	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	405	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	490	192.00	192.00
1	500–550	510	204.00	204.00
3	550–600	558	195.00–198.00	195.99
2	600–650	625	208.00–218.00	213.16
1	650–700	690	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	195.00	195.00
1	450–500	490	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	555	221.00–230.00	225.54
2	700–750	718	168.00–188.00	178.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	495	245.00	245.00
3	500–550	520	236.00	236.00
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	815	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,245	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,153	118.00–128.00	122.98
1	—	1,085	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,160	150.00	150.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.